Mitch Epstein, Standing Rock Prayer Walk, North Dakota 2018 / Courtesy of Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln.
Mitch Epstein discusses his series Property Rights which was instigated by his visits to Standing Rock in 2017. The series has evolved to address the quintessentially American question of “who owns the land and by whose authority?”. It looks at the varied stakes in the battles over land usage and eminent domain: access to water; preservation of wilderness and historical sites; the ability to cross our Southern border; access to land for mining. These photographs are an effort to better understand our landscape and why resistance has become a way of life for so many 21st century Americans.
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